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third day december 13th a live look from our rubicam as we take a look at downtown. >> but us find out about the weather. we do understand that showers are possibility of us find out the exact time. >> good morning erica. >> good morning james. we do have some clout however it is cold and that is what you'll notice first period to teachers are in the 30's. throughout the day we will remain dry and mostly sunny conditions. today will be a sunny but cold day. chilly conditions will persist into the evening hours. a look at your numbers. 35 in napa. 34 in fairfield. low for is for haywood in oakland. into the rest of your day by 3:00 p.m. everyone will be in the '50s. putting the clock into motion a p.m. tonight, the purple on your screen most of the area locations will drop into the '40's. cold

conditions for the next 24 hours. you will see fairfield, vallejo at 53. seven your afternoon high in oakland. well fifties for daley sent a half moon bay. 55 in sunnyvale. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows more rain is on the way. another system will spread the bay area as we head into your friday. not a lot of moisture associated with the system. a lot of cool air. saturday into sunday was the quick moving system passed through the bay bringing a bit more rain. two actors will be in the upper 50s. the possibilities for showers leaders as to start the next work week. >> in the traffic center no hot spots. a good writer round the bay area. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza and handful of cars making the trip out of oakland into the city. >> here it is and tell bridge westbound 92 moves well out towards foster city.

>> south bound 101 shows a lot of space between cars. the ride is 22 minutes from the bottle into san francisco. >> thank you erica we will begin in san francisco where a bicyclist is injured after colliding with a street sweeper. it happened shortly after midnight. thisb google that shows you where near the intersection of sixth and brennannon streets. >> that is in the city's south of market district. aall we know about the cycle is is that he is a male and was trapped under the street sweeper. it was taken to set this is a general hospital. his interest in not considered life-threatening. >> now to the east bailor after years of legal wrangling in oakland a

powerful outside compliance director is now said to oversee reforms at the oakland police department. >> a federal judge side of the plan yesterday. the compliance director will have the power to demote or fire police chief as well as an action plan for carrying whatever form regarding the use of force an alleged racial profiling. >> compliance director's power to oppose this does limit to the command staff of the police department. >> the director also have to get approval from justice and money. but when this for canada's position will be submitted to the judge by december 21st. >> authorities in emeryville have arrested six goals and two teenagers in connection with the suspect a prostitution ring. >> other office conducted the operation last thursday a hotel in emeryville. >> that is where officials believe the process of selling was doing business. the 215 year-old teenagers were taken into custody and provide with counseling and medical service. >> developing new laws, four of five people accused in the deaths of a man found

bound and gagged in a san francisco street have pleaded not guilty to the crime. >> the fifth suspect as posted bail and will be rain tomorrow. >> here is video from yesterday's arrangement. >> three of the suspect and charged with murder while the other two were charged with conspiracy and being an accessory to the crime. >> the male victim, steven reed and woman were found tied up in the middle of the road on the nine months block of brussels reroute a 30 sunday night. >> the field it remains in hospital. >> a car was struck by an amtrak train in emeryville after the driver of the car began struck--stucco on the train tracks. >> the driver abandoned his vehicle prior to the crash the train was unable to stop in time for colliding with an occupied vehicle. >> these are pictures of the crash. it happened yesterday evening around 6:00. third reports of any interest to the passage on a train. >> the track for cleared at 830 last night. the accident remains an investigation

this morning. >> san jose police are investigating a suspicious death of a woman. her bafternooe intersection of sanford and dole and gifford streets. >> are cause of death has not been determined. if police decided was a homicide it would be the city's 45th this year. there is concern that recent spike in crime in san jose as a result of a police permit in august that. >> san jose is actively searching of more office and for new police chief. >> officials say it is a good idea for neighbors to get to know each other and report anything suspicious until police staffing is in place. >> governor jerry brown is being treated for prostate cancer. the governor's office released a statement confirming his condition yesterday. >> the 74 year-old is on

your point radiation treatment. doctors at the university of california's san francisco said the cancer is in its early stages and is being treated with a short course of conventional radiotherapy. >> governor brown's and doctors got his prognosis excellent. >> new details this morning on the shooting in a mall near portland, oregon. >> police said the masked gunmen opened fire identified as jacob tyler roberts appeared that act alone in the rampage. >> here is video from the sting. we also learned that roberts use this semi- automatic rifle that he stole the day before the shooting from someone he knew. robert killed two people and wounded a third before he took his of life. investigators a robbers had no significant criminal history. >> we will be talking with kron fours mike pelton about a pr firm, some

spending on caltrans part that is causing problems and ruffling feathers. we will talk about that in a minute.

bareback at 4:09. a quick look at our mount tam cam. we are seeing dry conditions and really cold out there. we will check with erica in a bid to get a look at the forecast for today and if you have weak in plant will see what weather google maps have returned to the iphone. >> the world's most popular online map system has returned with the release of the global maps iphone app. >> the new app comes almost treeless after apple replace coleman said the phone built in navigation system. clear replace

executives from for developing apple maps. >> u.s. airlines are working to get internet access to overseas flights. united, delta and american airlines all said they expect that international flights with wife i assets takeoff of the next several weeks. >> united is aiming to have internet access on 300 planes by the end of next year. >> delta says it will take them as long as two years. >> so far, none of the airlines is and how much the at the internet will cost. >> toys r us plans to stay open around the clock in the days before christmas. >> this follows macy's announcing its plans to stay open 24-7 leading up to christmas. >> this the third straight toys r us stores will remain open from 6:00 a.m. on december 21st until 10:00 p.m. on christmas eve. >> their store in times square in new york city which you see in this video has been open 24-7 since

december 2nd. >> new this morning starting today commercials that are louder than the show you are watching our band. >> the federal commission commission says commercials was maintain the same average volumes of programs that company. >> the fcc says lot commercials have been won their main complaint says the customer calls and start reporting into doubt the two. >> yahoo has dispudebuted a redesigned at for its code- sharing site flickr . >> the new app for iphone to include filters and tools to at pictures similar to the process by the act insragram . >> del purchased flickr back

in 2005. >> this the second designed and built by all this week. ya hoo is announced an updated version of this e- mail on tuesday. >> will take a break and we'll come back with a check of our weather. >>

we're back at this 4:14. >> here's a live look at our walnut creek camera as we see high way 680. >> it is 37 degrees right now. you will feel it this morning. >> this afternoon we are looking for some sisunshine. >> erica will have a full forecast. >> san francisco bay and nearby beaches will experience the highest tide of the year to date. this condition is called a king tides. in it will peak this morning at 1033. this type is expected to reach 7.2 at the golden gate bridge. >> redwood city saw about 18-20 edge of the flooding

yesterday's the san mateo county officials do not expect any problems when the tide speak today. king tides occur several times a year but this week are the biggest of 2012. >> the san mateo bridge is on the ride as zymogen earlier is chilly as you head out the door this morning. hey erica. >> good morning james. these are the call this number we have contended with the entire season. it is cold bundle up and keep the lawyers on into the afternoon. it will be a chilly afternoon around the bay area. it is mild in san francisco 46 degrees. low 44 oakland and san jose. as we approach sunrise the temperatures will continue to dip. thirties' across the north bay livermore coming in at 36. as we head into the afternoon it looks like everyone in the fifties we will not warm up by much as

we take a look at our satellite radar picture we will be dry for today. we do have more moisture headed our way to a system will spread through the bay area as we head into tomorrow not a lot of moisture associated with it a lot more in terms of cool air you can see futurecast 4 set up for 9:00 a.m. the cloudy conditions potential for a stray so showers around the golden gate bridge evidence there francisco. >> most of the rain state's offshore. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows temperatures will continue to be on the cool side. morning lows hovering in the '30's. >> we could drop to the opportunities for some of our north bay spots the projestatus of this system will

pass through bringing rain for most of the bay area. >> potentially wednesday we have the possibility for showers around the bay. temperatures will be a bit warmer as your roads that special lows will no longer be in the '30's. we will continue to monitor the forecast on kron 4. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza accidents to reports. an easy ride come from all of the approaches. no meters licensing top speed up the incline. >> the san mateo bridge westbound traffic moves well. the problems coming from the nimitz. >> southdown 101 a light ride no issues with this ability coming out of marin county. >> on the traffic map screen on our roadway censors east shore freeway the trip from hercules to berkeley coming in at 12 minutes. >> westbound 24 a clear shot of the caldecott tunnel in through the macarthur maize.

>> not many slowdown's interstate 580 in the westbound direction moves well into downtown livermore and approaching the 5 86/80 interchange. >> erica back to the news running a private business inside city hall of an east bay city that is what an employee is alleging in of late fall with multiple agencies including the costa county attorney's office. >> the complaint was filed seven months ago. another employee is blowing the whistle public decide to speak on camera for the first time to kron fours hazziq adymn. >> the public should be out range. >> the city of richmond finance manager stacey plummer is showing me a website she said proves the

assistant city manager leslie night is using city resources to run a personal on-line party favors business. >> she is blowing the whistle filing criminal and civil complaints alleging misuse of public resources. >> i think you are looking at some of the products that employees would make. >> these totals are a part of investigation into the allegations. the product for packaged inside richmond city hall. >> i watched the employee make these and i was captivated by them. they looked like cupcakes i thought it was amazing but not on city time. this is a vacant city hall office in human resources department and they store the materials for other products that are being sold. >> she says to was passed by night take part in the operation. >> i refused. i did not know it was illegal i knew

it was raw and on at all. >> this has been going on to the best of your knowledge about how long. >> about for years. >> at richmond city hall ha azig madyun. >> police have arrested three people in connection with the fatal stabbing of 17 year old former football star justice afoa he was stabbed to death two years ago near intersection of cedar boulevard in birch tree and work. he was a defensive linemen at newark memorial high school. >> the two suspects of knowledge that he was their intended target. >> oakland police are stopping seventh 575% fewer drivers and pedestrians this

year than they did three years ago. >> the sharp drop in force to come the same time as a spike in crime in one of california's most dangerous cities. >> local office is made more than 68,000 police stops in both 2008 and 2009. >> there were about 49 dow stocks in 2010 to 5000 last year. >> the november of this year there been 14,400 stocks. >> this meant oakland police are on the track to make just more than 15,700 stops this year. >> the new haven unified school district has won a $29.3 million federal grant. >> the district will use the money for several things, including updating zero computers and providing students with tablets teachers with laptops. >> the entire teaching staff also get coaching to broaden their skills and help students make it fell in behind it in class. >> holds superintendent as

did the grant was no easy task of team work nonstop for a month to beat the competition. >> the california department of health is taking enforcement action against the sonoma developmental center. the cd ph says they're cases of patient abuse and last year. >> to help the poor must revoke the license of the some of the besonoma developmenl centers of intermediate care facility that serves to undermine the residents. with the intellectual disabilities and-that the federal medicaid program. >> and am wondering it would side neighborhood after allegedly assaulting a relative has been arrested. >> a 23 year-old man was chased by shares deputies yesterday afternoon he was

taken into custody. the victim told deputies that he fled to the neighbor's house after the man hit him in the back with a shovel. >> the man was treated for offenders at the scene. warning was put out to warn residents of the arbitrator when there were still searching for him. >> more check of our weather and traffic coming up in just a minute.

4:25 it wants to be mindful of the turmoil. the united states remains technically at war with the unpredictable north korea who of their ship has confounded successive american ministrations. some 28,005 and u.s. troops

remain in south korea to deter potential aggression. >> we will continue to follow the lead development. >> and the coroner's office is the nurse who took a host of from two australian radio deejays was found hanging by the neck from his car on her wardrobe door in her room. she was found dead friday morning by a colleague and a member of the security staff at london's king edward the seventh hospital. >> a police officer says three notes were found in the room. >> the deejays call lost the last week presented to the queen elizabeth and prince charles. >> the two deejays spoke out saying they were " shattered by the news. >> internet software anti virus pioneer john mcafee is back in the nine states this morning. >> he arrived in miami late yesterday afternoon after being held in immigration detention in guatemala. >> the 67 year-old 7 hiding

for weeks in guatemala because of partisan police were seeking to question him about the killing of his neighbor. >> he insisted he had nothing to do with his neighbors that and he says he was seeking asylum in guatemala to avoid police persecution. >> the deadly accident on the bridge will have that information more it is just coming in. erica will follow-up. and she will give details in a minute. >> 31 degrees and hayward very cold there warmer to 54 this afternoon. =dj

we're back is 4:30. he is a live look at the bay bridge were we are seeing traffic is fine. it is cold. we will talk about the weather in a minute. we want to get straight to the traffic angle. there is a problem not on this bridge on the san mateo bridge. erica. >> yes and we are following

a fatal accident at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 around a high rise. originally it was just reported as a to a car crash. it was sitting on the shoulder. i did not really think too much of it. it is now being classified as they tallied by the california highway patrol. one of the lanes are blocked. the corner is headed to the scene. my guess it is a point to be out there for some time. if you leave now you could use the san mateo bridge. you may want to consider an alternate route. the dumbarton bridge of the surface is called a bridge. >> you can see on our traffic matt we're seeimaps we't seeing a slowdown.

>> we will have more information on this developing accident coming up in my next report in the meantime approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is fine out of oakland to the city. >> is bridge is looking good no metering lights. >> as we take a look at the golden gate bridge south bound 101 an easy ride for those of you coming out of marin county. >> i will have more on your traffic coming up in just a bit. >> let us take a look at the forecast your weather headlines. temperatures on the cold side now. thirties in forties' around the bay. in to the afternoon mostly sunny conditions. there will be dry but cool weather later today. tomorrow light rain a possibility. another system will spread south. there is not too much more associated maybe a 10th of an inch of rain. as we head into the week end rain a possibility saturday night into sunday. we will continue with pretty chilly mornings and the potential for showers as we start the next work week.

>> here is a look at your numbers. napa 34. the sign for vallejo. just above the freezing mark. your morning lows will drop as we push in closer to sunrise. >> not bad in san francisco. 45 degrees. 35 and pleasanton. into the 2:00 hour the blue on your screen fifties around the bay. expect another cool afternoon bundle up as we head into later tonight by 7:00 p.m. everyone is sitting in the '40's. >> i did mention your afternoon highs will be on the cool side. a bit cooler compared to yesterday's. >> 54 for san francisco. 574 oakland. 534 concord, fairfield, and antioch. livermore a degree cooler than that. satellite and radar is showing will remain dry for today. another system is going to approach. light rain expected for

tomorrow along the coastline. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast however, shows more rain on the way saturday night into sunday. associated with that system but it will be a quick mover. --moisture associated with that system. >> thank you erica 4:33 is the time. >> a san francisco police officer could be in hot water at their reason face book posting. sergeant postingtee road on this broad--wrote on his face book page broadway, one wondered m.p.h. in the limbo. >> this is the video of the incident that happened back in september. >> there are also reports that he and his friends were dropped during the speech or ride. the post since been

removed from his page. the sad physical police parlance a this incident is under administrative investigation. >> the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar was back in court. the 21 year-old man appeared in san of the court yesterday a phasing three new counts of attempted kidnapping of other women are to moore's appearance. >> he will be back in court for hearings in february. >> where he would enter a plea for these new charges as well as the murder kidnapping charges related to lamar's disappearance. >> organizers of the website ross resigned .com, are looking to get 50,000 signatures to avoid a recall effort that would require 10 percent of signatures to

place the proposal in from voters. >> no one seems to be budging as a country edges to the fiscal cliff. house speaker says there is serious differences between him and president volvo on how to avert. >> the negotiation could beyond that. the house speaker has told gop lawmakers not to make plans for the week after christmas. >> senate democrats have hobble together a $64 billion disaster impact for new york new jersey and other states that were hit by superstores standing. >> about $9 billion will be spent over the next nine months in addition $12 billion the following year. >> >> the federal reserve has announced it is expanding

its controversy a stimulus program in an effort to keep long-term interest rates near record lows. >> the fed said yesterday that it plans on by $45 billion in treasuries and $40 billion in mortgage- backed securities each month. federal german man bernanke says concerns over the fiscal cliff has prompted him to keep the federal funds rate low. says tl bank believes the crisis will be resolved without any major long-term harm. >> centerethe november deficit s 25% higher than the same month last year. the government was it here with a deficit of 1.1 trillion dollars. >> here in the bay near area the bureau of land management has auctioned off

nearly 18,000 a. of the state's prime land for oil development in the central valley. >> plant was located was on the vine yards. endangered species and the largest deposits of shale oil in the country. eight different groups differently spirit when will be announced in the next 24 hours. >> 720 plants 20 30 lbs. of harvest marijuana were season that raid. the plant were found on edge what dry near roadway yesterday morning. were arrested and a street value of the pot is more than $500,000. >> we have a live look outside to show you the san mateo bridge. that is our hot spot. rebates of a fatal accident on the span could back up the commute 0.4 we will get the latest sales america coming up in a bit. >>

good morning welcome back to the kron 4 news spirit the chp just givee it is not obstructing traffic. the traffic is still flowing freely. it looks like they expect to have allayed cleared within the hour. >> drive time to alternate route coming up in my next report. james. >> thank you erica and lockdown has been lifted at cal state university, fullerton after police searched the cap for to win one for are margaret. >> four men led police on a high-speed chase after reportedly robbing a pawn shop. >> the driver and its passengers in did that chase with a stop near the cal state fullerton campus.

officers arrested to the man the the other two ran on to the campus. >> one of the remaining in carjacked another car and led police on his own case. >> he was then arrested. please continue to search for the fourth man. >> and national news the man accused of opening fire at fort hood in 2009 will appear in military court next week. >> the new judge overseeing the case has set a hearing for next tuesday. nidal ha;sans is been on hold since august after he appealed the former judge or to shave his beard for his court martial. >> the u.s. court of appeals for the armed forces replace the judge last week. >> he faces the death penalty if he's convicted in the shooting that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen others. >> it is not looking good for this year's hockey season. the leak and its players met with the federal negotiator for six and half

hours yesterday and did not move any closer to ending the lockout that could in the entire season. >> lee discuss all gain since december 30th. >> 14% of the regular-season is not been cancelled. the lockout is now on it's a nice day. >> it is unclear when two sides will begin. >> but us take a look at the san mateo bridge is our hot spot a fatal accident on the span. >> we will have a full details will come back with erica. >> will take a quick break first here is a reminder to get dr. phil today at 10:00 a.m. after the kron 4 morning

we are back. the time is4 :44. >> this morning in sacramento bee reports that state officials overseeing construction of the new bay bridge have agreed to pay nearly 10 million toys and

francisco base of its relations firm. >> it was a service that included thousands of dollars to conduct tours, produce a video and a commemorative book. >> to give you more news faster, let's turn to kron 4 sole reporter mike pelton. >> a lot of that money coming at the tobe expense toll expense. >> you want to support the news been set to open up in september of next year. the 10 men dollar contract with the pr firm included money that will go towards a video and a book and tours of the span. >> the business transportation and housing agency which oversees caltran cancel the contract after fighting out details of the deal, apparently what happened the contract was approved by the district supervisor which should not have happened to the size of the contract.

>> it is unclear if they will hire another pr firm going forward. >> we plan to reach out to gouge i get answers for their future plans and into this incident. >> it is fair to assume that any new contract will come in at less and $10 million. >> they have to go to the proper channels or authorization. >> we are also falling weather in traffic. >> i want to show you a couple of pictures the golden gate bridge. both of those spent are fine. the problem is the san mateo bridge that is where we have our hot spot this morning we will start there. good morning erica. >> good morning james let us take it out to the san mateo bridge was down 92 at a high rise. reports of a failed accident the no. 3 right hand lane is blocked. we are not seeing any delay to traffic is still really like in the area so we are really not seeing a slowdown. you will not need an alternate route just yet and probably

won't because the chp does say they hope to have this out of the way about 530 this morning. in the meantime we are sending one of our live crews to the scene hopefully we'll have more information. currently the no. 3 lane is blocked at a high-rise westbound 92 the san mateo bridge. >> if traffic starts to back up your alternate it is the westbound direction of the dumbarton bridge or you could use a san francisco oakland bay bridge. >> traffic on the approach still moving well and that drive under 14 minutes. >> between 880/101. we will have more informations coming up in a bit i do want to show we're seeing no place traffic. speeds are over 50 mi. per hour. in the meantime the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza looks fine out of oakland into the city. volume has increased compared to the last report however, slowed conditions up the incline and across the upper deck.

>> the golden gate bridge no problems no issues with this ability. as we take it back to our traffic map. it looks like my maps and not working now. but we do have overnight construction east and west bound to 37 all lanes blocked due to road work that will continue until 6:00 a.m. this morning. >> that will affect those of you try to get on southbound 880. i want to take it to the what the center. >> here is a live look from the james lick freeway in downtown san francisco. >> clear skies no problems with visibility but a cold start to the morning. 33 for napa up. the same for santa rosa. 36 in novato. low for is a oakland and hayward. >> we would not want of by much in the afternoon everyone is in the '50s. 57 for oakland. 53 for fairfield. most of the bay area will be under mainly

sunny skies. >> satellite and radar picture shows there is no moisture headed our way for today but tomorrow a different story. we are dealing with another system that will impact the bay area not a lot of moisture. maybe a 10th of an inch of rain. futurecast 4 setup 4:08 a.m. light ride around santa rosa. passing showers as we had throughout the day. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows more rain on the way saturday into sunday. we continue with the chance of some scattered showers as we start the next work week. james. >> very good erica. thank you fo4:49. >> the gemind meteor shower will light up skies tonight. the showers will be more one of the two biggest showers of the year. the russian astronomers predict a second, new leaders showers could happen at the same

time. >> as many as one under shooting stars to be seen every hour the meteor shower should start just after sunset to nine continue until dawn tomorrow. >> science is a distant galaxy has reclaimed its title as the oldest in the universe. using the hubble space telescope, an international team last year: the discovery of a galaxy that dated 13.2 billion years ago. they use the same telescope but a different technique to come up with the older age. >> here in california the california utilities public

commission has started a process that would add a new area code occur 415 area code. >> the commission is considering adding a 628 area code because of all the available three digit prefix is in the 415 area code will be taken by ioctober october 2015. >> the 415 area code is currently used in san francisco, most of the marin county and parts of san mateo county. >> the cpu see says the new area code must be introduced at least six months before the existing 415 code uses up all of its prefixes. >> a new study by the american cancer society reveals drinking coffee could lower your risk for or canceoral cancer. >> researchers found people who drank more than 4 c. of cat and at the coffee every day had nearly half the risk of dying from about for a

kansas and people can't live or never drink coffee. moppet trochanter among the 10 most common cancers in the world of their less common in the nine states. >> nuisances for jackson show caucasians would go or make up the majority of americans by the year 20143. >> the official projection released by the census bureau yesterday this is the shifting your later than previous estimates. >> the non-hispanic white population is expected to peak at 200,000,02024. >> america counties to become more diverse to divert rates among minorities. >> of the rush of people are projected to more than triple by 2016 from seven and have meant almost 27 million. >> the bay area favorite way to ring in the new year is always with kron 4. the

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first-time mom. g jenna iush hager is a today show correspondent and has signed on for hollywood large. >> cold is the main weather heading out the door it is freezing out there. some communities are in the '30's this morning. tomorrow is not bad but this week end we still stand a chance of seeing rain fall around the bay and the showers continue to release the first couple of days of next week. >> that is a broad looking for get to give a detailed examination coming in a bit. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news and ended to seek a morto allow tv commerciay you won't have to hit the mute button anymore. >> in a new call this

morning for san francisco's sheriff ross mirkarimi to resign from office or on one group's effort next. >> + san francisco will see the highest tides of 2012 to date. we will tell you when the king tied will peak at the kron 4 morning news continues. >> will have more coming up in just the minute

(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news start now. with a developing story. >> our developing stories on the san mateo bridge. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. we're tracking the latest on the kron 4 news room. mobil ca carsmultiple cars involved. >> will give up on the accident and what is happening with his battle accident. >> i am live with robyn winston taking a look at a hot spot a fatal accident at the san mateo bridge. it is still out there they hope to have it cleared within the

next hour. the good news is it is not causing a delay commuters traveling between the east bay and peninsula are getting by fine spirit is in the accidents of have to investigate. the tow truck on the way. if you plan on using the san mateo bridge get yourself extra time because we do have that activity. >> as we take a look at the live shot where in proximity is the accident. it is just after the toll plaza. is a flat section of the bridge the accident in the high- rise. at the this section we are looking at now. >> this is traffic approaching the accident scene it will be on the far right hand side near the high-rise section. >> was in a single card. >> it was too cars one of the vehicle flipped over and unfortunately there is a fair tell me. >> by the time they do an investigation which is at least an hour they may be the commute. >> they usually start to see heavy traffic around 7:00 a.m. hour going across the bridge. the crash is not

causing a back up right now because there's not much traffic. >> keep in mind if your looking for an alternate on 284 you can use that we will keep you updated. hopefully they will have the accident out the way. fatal accident on the san mateo bridge at the high-rise section the investigation is still underway. >> now to mill valley, where we are watching the high tide expected to roll it later this morning. yesterday it flooded the park and ride there. >> to get more news faster let us turn to solo reported jackie sissel. jackie the tide rolled in route 1033. >> yes that is about right it will be a little higher than was yesterday. you can see cars are parked out here and the debris that was led from yesterday. >> it got so bad they put up a sign letting people know about the fact that they expect to see flooding because of the king died today and through the week. >> here is video from

yesterday's. yesterday we had a king tied one of the largest of the entire year. today is actually the largest of the year. yesterday was 7.1. today we are expected to see a 7.2 even higher than yesterday. >> in the north bay along the bayfront we are expected to see more of the same. they are warning people that if you live or part in this area be aware that it is coming. around 1030 this morning we expect to see it. that means around 9-930 will see the water level increase. if you normally park in this area my suggestion is to take a bus and walk or ride your bike or do something other than park here. by around 1030- 11:00 this morning this entire parking lot will be about two-3 ft. deep in water. >> no kidding the video

year-old joined karsh's to that that were caught in the deep water, hopefully those owners will not be back today. there are cars there. >> you can see the debris that piled up collected out here. i am not surprised to see people in this area floods all the time. you can see they put up barricades letting people know not park here. you can still see parked cars and the distance that are part here. if they do not move those cars like i said this is the highest tide of the entire year. if they do not move those cars that will find a big surprise. >> thank you jackie. and the high tide again will begin around 1030 we watched it drop morning. >> in the meantime the big whether headline that is affecting us is how cold it is. >> good morning darya. >> you can see now hovering just above the freezing mark. temperatures will

continue to dive as we push and closer to sunrise. we are seeing mid '30's for fairfield and concord. 41 in oakland. your weather headlines show partly cloudy skies mostly sunny conditions in to the afternoon. >> as we head into the evening hours light winds will come into the forecast but dry around the bay. full details on the rain expected tomorrow and into the weekend coming up in my next report. >> very good erica. thank you. new this morning a bicycle is is injured this morning after colliding with a street sweeper. it happened shortly after midnight. this google map shows you where the intersection of sixth and grand streets. that is in the city south of market district. >> all we know about the cycle is is that he's a male and he was trapped on the

street sweeper until firefighters pulled him out it was taken to san francisco general is injuries are not life- threatening. >> investigation is underway this morning after a car was struck by an amtrak train in emeryville. >> the driver of the car apparently became stuck on the train track, causing the crash. >> the driver abandoned his vehicle prior to the collision the train was unable to stop in time before colliding with the on occupied vehicle. >> these are pictures of the crash. >> it happened yesterday evening around 6:00 at the intersection of shell mound and 67 street. there no report on any injuries to the passengers on the train. >> governor jerry brown is being treated for prostate cancer. >> the governor's office released a statement confirming his condition yesterday. the 74 year-old is undergoing radiation

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we are back at 5:09 a.m.. our developing story right now the san mateo bridge. the california highway patrol is responding to a fatal crash. >> will will cars were involved. >> it happened just after 330. >> this may have a big impact on your commute, let us check in with robyn and darya in the traffic center. >> google mass return to the iphone the most popular online at system is returning. with the release of the google maps, on that. the new ad comes almost three months after a apple replace google lapses the phones built in navigation system. in fact many iphone owners avoided delays operating system update in order to keep their original global maps at. >> it is not nearly as good as the old maps. >> thank you the time is

5:10 a.m.. u.s. airline companies are working at internet access to overseas flights. >> united, delta and american airlines all said they expect to have sung their international flights with wife i assets take off and the next several weeks. >> united wants to expand the service to 300 of its planes by the end of next year. >> delta says it will take them as long as two years to install why file on all flights. >> so far, none of the airlines say how much the adding internet will cost. >> let us take a live look at the san mateo bridge. >> this is our hot spot not because of the traffic. it seems to be moving despite an accident. that is why it is a hot spot. we will have

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welcome back. it is 5:14 a.m.. we want to go back to the traffic and get an update from robyn on the san mateo bridge. >> on westbound 92 near the high- looworking for over an hour to clear the exit. >> the accident is after the shot that you see here near the thai rice. traffic starting t build up high rise. >> traffic is starting to build up a bit. we will keep you posted. >> the right lane is still blocked by a fatal accident on the san mateo bridge. they hope to have it out of the way by 530. >> the drive time is still the same it will take you 12 minutes to get from hayward to foster city. >> the ride% in fiscal is looking good no lights on. the connecting ramps doing good. from a 80 the seashore

freeway. 580 across the upper deck into the city. >> the ride in one 01 traffic looking good in out of san francisco. >> we have the golden gate 21 minutes for your drive time between novato and downtown services co. the need for so far no major problems are accidents. 80 looking good out of san leandro and castro valley. high way 680 still trouble- free between danville and concord. let us could check on the weather. good morning erica. >> good morning robyn. it is cold out there it will stay that way to the afternoon. a lot of locations hovering around the freezing mark. below freezing for some of the protected valleys. you may encounter frost early this morning. 35 and concord. 41 in oakland. downtown san francisco 45. futurecast 4 shows by 2:00 p.m. fifties widespread around the bay area. it will continue to be a chilly one into the afternoon. 7:00

p.m. if you have plans later tonight temperatures will drop into the '40's. a lot of a cool air is left over from the system where contending with yesterday. cool air coming straight from the gulf of alaska. your afternoon highs show 57 for oakland. 574, and vallejo. 54 in downtown san francisco. 54 expected in santa rosa. we will be dry for today in the bay area. we have more rain headed our way. we do have a system that will impact us as we head into tomorrow putting futurecast 4 is a motion. this is a quick moving system. the computer models are having a difficult time to pinpoint the exact time. keep an umbrella handy it should be quick mover. not a lot of moisture associated with it. mostly cloudy conditions and rain chances continue into the weekend with the potential for

scattered showers as we start the next work week. >> bundle up. your overnight lows will be in the 30's. by the middle of next week temperatures will be slightly warmer. >> thank you erica. the new span of the bay bridge is leading caltran officials into the middle of a pr problem. a multimillion dollar contract with the pr firm is creating controversy after details of the deal have come out. >> those affected want to know what the money will be spent on. to get the news faster let's go to mike pelton on the scene. >> good morning mike. >> good morning james. this started when officials plan to promote the new bridge opens a timbre of next year. it is a massive project you want to promote it. what the public to know. the contract with the pr firm came in around $10 million. the problem is that thousands of dollars would go toward a

video a commemorative book and tours of the new span. the business transportation and housing agency which oversees caltran canceled the contract after finding details of the deal. the contract was approved by a district supervisor which should not have happened to the size of the contract. it is unclear if they will go ahead and enter a new contract or if they will hire another pr firm. we plan to reach out to caltran officials this morning. all indications are that any new deal or contract would come in at under $10 million back to you. >> thank you for the update. >> the time is 5:19 a.m. here is a story will see only on kron 4. >> are richmond city employe accused a fellow city worker of running a private business or inside city hall. >> the employee filed a complaint with multiple agencies including the contra costa county d.a.'s office several months ago.

now the employee is going to was a publicly. >> she speaks on camera about the situation for the first time to kron 4. you will hear her story in our 7:00 hour. >> new details about the mall shooting in the portland area. police said the masked gunmen identified as 22 year old jacob tyler roberts appears to have acted alone in the red the rampage. he had recently quit his job, sold his belongings and told friends he was moving to hawaii. >> here is video from the scene. t >> we also learned that robertson used a semi- automatic rifle that he stole the day before the shooting from someone he knew. >> robbers killed two people and wounded a third before he took his own life. investors say roberts and a significant criminal history. >> police have arrested three people in connection

with the failed status of 17 year old former football star justices afoa . >> he was stabbed to death two years ago near the intersection of cedar boulevard in birch st. in work. >> he was a defensive linemen at newark memorial high school. >> north police have arrested 19 year-old daniel guzman , 31 years old daniel howard and 32 year- old rafeal tovar on suspicion of murder. >> police say investigators obtained confessions from two of the suspect to a knowledge the victim was their intended target. >> will have more coming up on the kron 4

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>> the 67 year-old had been hiding for weeks and what mall because authorities and police were seeking to question him about the killing of his neighbor. >> matt he insisted he had nothing to do this never step in says he's seeking asylum in guatemalans to avoid police prosecution. >> the number of people getting background checks to buy a gun has nearly doubled in the past decade. >> advocates on both sides of the gun rights debate disagree over what is driving the trend. >> gun rights groups a tree the steady increase the growing popularity of hunting another gun recreation uses obama administration will push for laws restricting weapons purchases. >> gun-control advocates say existing gun owners are responsible for most new purchase. >> surveillance cameras captured video tornado that tore through parts of gonzales, louisiana. >> witnesses said the tornado catapulted a small pickup truck into the air,

spreading it around and dropping it on top of another truck. >> the twister also damaged two fire engines at a fire station. when blue through and giant bay doors slammed directly into a tanker truck or a tray holds. >> but the fire department says they have plenty of backup emergency happens. >> we will take a break is 5:27 a.m. lead us go back outside to show you the san mateo bridge as we are continuing to follow the hot spot that developed this morning. a fatal accident on the span. the back up has not extended as far as the toll plaza get. in just a minute.

>> taking it to mill valley were we are watching the high tide roll in. yesterday it flooded the park and ride.

>> that the warring sides of but so far everything is high and dry. they have beat barricades out. similar to the water is coming. they have one of the changeable message signs letting them know to not part of these low lying areas. this is because of the king tide. yesterday we talked about a little bit and here is some video from when the king tide rolled in here through the north bay. you can see the water was to 3 4 ft. deep in this area. yesterday close the on and off ramp 21 01 off of this park and ride yesterday. they spent much of the same today. yesterday the high tide was at 7.1 and today will be the highest of the year at 7.2. this does happen around 730 this morning. expect to see much

of the same that we sought out here yesterday. the party line is basically empty but there are still some cars out here. you can see some of the debris that was left out from yesterday. i'm not so sure they are safe today considering the waves are supposed to be higher than yesterday. >> i don't know a town about cars, i just want them to work. if a car has water up that high will it work? doesn't that ruin your car or no? >> you are asking the wrong person, i am not the mechanical tide. it is above my pay grade, let's put it that way. (laughter) i can't imagine sitting in water is all that good >> we are my train of the

news of the fatal accident on these and the sale bridge westbound. yoli is arriving on the scene to get informations faster. what is happening? >> at this point it is hard to tell what it looks like there is a tow truck on the scene. they are trying to clear this out. they said earlier they really wanted to clear out this accident by 6:00 a.m.. it looks like they might meet that target. you can see the back of year and it could not have cleared any sooner. it has caused quite a back up on the san mateo bridge. >> is a just one lane blocked westbound? >> yes that is correct. there's only one lane of blocked it is the far right, the no. 3 line. that is the only one you have to worry about and hopefully it will be clear by six this morning. >> this coming down from a high-rise section?

>> that is correct this is where you go down into foster city. >> thanks for the update and we will check back with you with the scene of this fatal accident on the san mateo bridge and the commute westbound direction. >> the live shot your saying now is that the high-rise section at the decline. if you are on the hayward side it is still trouble-free. we have slow traffic getting up to the accident scene. there is a live shot just after the toll plaza. it looks like a normal commute day. they hope to have this accident cleared by 6:00 but the right lake is still blocked there. traffic is still moving pretty well if you're coming from the hayward side. you have a lot of lucky loser in the right lane. give yourself extra time. the dumbarton bridge is always at an alternate. you don't have to do that

though because it is not causing a major delay, drive times have only increased by one minute. we will keep you updated so keep it soon to kron4. >> it is a cold start to the morning, no doubt. the buyout is at freezing 34 for napa and vallejo. some spots are in the upper 20s right now. also cooler than usual conditions for concord, pleasanton and 40 out the door and hayward 39 in fremont. taking a look at the afternoon, mainly sunny skies but temperatures will only climb into the 50s. later on tonight we will stay dry. cloudy conditions with, and a forecast. we have the potential for some showers to develop as we head into tomorrow. temperatures will only be in the '50s. we will look at the wet weather forecast transitioning into the weekend coming up in my next

report. >> 5348 am and after years of wrangling and up with a powerful compliance director is now such hours the oakland police department. a federal judge signed off a plan yesterday. the combines director will have the power to demote or fire the police chief as well as that an action plan for carrying out several reforms regarding the use of force an alleged racial profiling. the compliance director's power to impose discipline is limited to the command staff of the police department. the director also have to get approval from a judge to spend money. recommendations for candidates for the physician must be submitted by to the judge by december 21st. >> developing is for the four of the five people accused of the death of us man found bound and gagged and assam for cisco st have pleaded not guilty to the crime. the fifth suspect has posted bail and will be arraigned tomorrow morning. there is video from

yesterday's arraignment. three of the suspects have been charged with murder while the other two are charged with conspiracy and being an accessory to the crime. the male victim stephen reid and a woman were found tied up in the middle of the road on the 900 lot of brussels street around 830 sunday night. the female victim remains in the hospital this morning. san jose police are investigating a suspicious death of a woman. her body was found yesterday afternoon near the intersection of sam fernandez and gifford streets. her cause of death was not yet determined. if police did not it places i was a homicide it would be the city's 45th this year. there is concern that the recent spike in crime in san jose is a result of the police are being understaffed. >> the folks out there are intent on committing crimes, they hear all this. they get in boleyn and brazen as that some of these people are committing these crimes

in broad daylight. >> san jose is actively searching for more officers and a new police chief. officials say it's a good idea for neighbors to get to know each other and report anything suspicious of the police staffing is in place. >> of this just and jobless claims dropping by 29,000 and the u.s.. that is the lowest level in two months. also word on u.s. retail sales rose 0.3% in november, reflecting a rebound after super march super storm sandy. the golden globe announcements taking place right now. any moment now ... any moment now we should

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we still have a hot spot on the cement sale bridge this morning, an accident happened around 337 westbound 92 after the high- rise section. it is closer to the decline. what you see here is just after the toll plaza. this is traffic approaching the accident. one lane is still closed, the far light rain wiright lanec is backing up and drive time has only increased by three minutes. emergency crews are still on scene and they hope that this accident cleared before 6:00. we will keep you updated. there is no need to be tore or hop over to the dumbarton bridge. the bay bridge toll plaza, more cars are headed into san francisco. there's a little bit of a back up their some of the cash lanes are backing out mid lot. the

golden gate 1 01 is nice and easy for you, 21 minutes out of the bottle into downtown san francisco. traffic maps added down to the south bay or to the airport this morning you are trouble- free 1 0187, two 80 all nice and light. no major problems in the bay area but we will keep you updated with these major accident on the san mateo bridge. traffic is not too bad the last check whether this morning, good morning erica >> good morning robin it is a cold start to the morning. it is chilly and clear we did have his shoes with visibility. santa rosa is 33 degrees is now freezing at night out. by alan vallejo saying upper 20s. you made encounter some frost this morning as you head out to work or school. a cold blast of air from alaska has made

its plight way here in the bay area. the cool here remains and will continue to be a chilly wind as we head into the afternoon we have. we have sunshine of but temperatures in the mid-50s. in the east bay is 3 degrees cooler with concord 53, 54 expected in danville. the north bay mainly sunny skies 544 vallejo, downtown's ever says those 54 and come out low fifties for ocean beach. satellite and radar shows we are dry for now but tomorrow rain is a possibility. another system will drop its way south. this cold front will bring even more cool air to the bay. not a lot of moisture associated with this. it is a quick over, it is hard for the models to pinpoint the exact timing.

keep your brand umbrella handy into the weekend. showers saturday night into sunday morning and we have a chance of showers as we start the next work week. we have to take a quick break but we will be right back.

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see. the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year is always with kron4. the biggest parties in spectacular fireworks will all be on kron4 is news tv lawyers live tv show. is delta by katharine heenan and gary radnich. >> we will have more on the fatal accident on the san mateo bridge. the highest tide of the year the king tides are brushing up on our base stores. an update on gov. jerry brown's condition, after he learned after learning he is battling cancer. we will be back.